Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback

Robyn Davidson's opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company with the following words: “I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back."

Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia's landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity. Tracks is the compelling, candid story of her odyssey of discovery and transformation.

“An unforgettably powerful book.”—Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild

Now with a new postscript by Robyn Davidson.

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"I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back." So begins Robyn Davidson's perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company.

Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia's landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity. Tracks is the compelling, candid story of her odyssey of discovery and transformation.

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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

A must for fans of Cheryl Strayed's WILD, and a cult classic in its own right, Tracks is the brilliantly written and frequently hilarious account of a young woman's odyssey through the deserts of Australia, with no one but her dog and four camels as companions. Davidson emerges as a heroine who combines extraordinary courage with exquisite sensitivity. One map.

Book Description Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1995. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from US within 10 to 14 business days. Established seller since 2000. Bookseller Inventory # VR-9780679762874

Book Description Random House USA Inc, United States, 1995. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reissue. 201 x 130 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Robyn Davidson s opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company with the following words: I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there s no going back. Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia s landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity. Tracks is the compelling, candid story of her odyssey of discovery and transformation. An unforgettably powerful book. --Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild Now with a new postscript by Robyn Davidson. Bookseller Inventory # ABZ9780679762874

Book Description Vintage, 1995. Book Condition: New. Brand New, Unread Copy in Perfect Condition. A+ Customer Service! Summary: "Vivid and vivacious. Davidson is as natural a writer as she is an adventurer." -- The New Yorker "Engrossing. Lyrical and salty. Candid.Best in her accounts of her days alone in the desert and what they did to and for her. Her states of mind.veer between feelings of being at one with the cosmos and feelings of being utterly crazy." --The New York Times Book Review "Saucy and unsparing. A strong book, the kind that clings to your back after you've read it." --Chicago Sun-Times "Every bit as witty as her camels--and a first-rate writer besides." -- Newsweek "What continues to resonate with readers isRobyn Davidson's honest introspection throughout the journey. It prompts the reader to ask herself, 'Would I do this?' and ' Could I do this?'" -- A Traveler's Library "The integrity of this articulate and impassioned account is evident in the fact that Robyn Davidson does not find glib solutions to inner or outer conflicts. Like her camel companions, she seems temperamental, insatiable, and slightly crazy, but also determined, direct, vulnerable, and splendid." -- 500 Great Books by Women. Bookseller Inventory # ABE_book_new_0679762876

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